More than Accountability (continued)

Being in a group of men is essential to our hearts if we are going to continue to fight on the battlefields of this temporary place. The real question is, how many men go home after an accountability meeting feeling like there are 7 or 8 genuine men fighting against the gauntlet of the enemy and hell to find him - to fight for his heart? The questions that need to be asked are the ones that take us all into the stories of our lives. When soldiers fight side by side in battle over certain periods of time, they form an unbreakable bond so powerful that nothing in this world can break. Soldiers have seen hell together. They have seen blood together. Genuine brothers know each other's stories and have traveled together down untamed paths. They would go to the end of their own life for the sake of each other's heart and strength. It is here, in the context of being intimate allies that all the other questions may come. However, the main point is to find a man's glory - to know his strength - to go there with him so that he can see it. The point of the small group should be to help each other see and know what God thinks of him as a man.

When men go off to war, the charge usually given by leaders refers them to see that they are all in the same battle that possesses the same objective. The result is that each man on the muster roll becomes one in mind, soul and heart. It becomes as it was in the days of twelve infamous revolutionists. A physician presents us with a clear text concerning the union among these unfettered pioneers as our sword reads, "All the believers were one in heart and mind…" (Acts 4:32). How has the message of the complete gospel and the unity among its warriors become so divided over time? The enemy has moved every last emissary of law, obligation and religion to the frontlines of the battle creating a gauntlet that stands between God's intimate allies and their freedom. To my brothers as we head toward Omaha beach: I beseech thee - ask the Lord Almighty what He thinks of you as a man. Ask Him the name He speaks when He addresses you. I promise you - you will hear something of a war go on in your mind. Nonetheless, if you listen with the ears of your heart, you will hear His voice - He will be reading your names from His muster roll. As it is written, "I have commanded my holy ones, I have summoned my warriors…The Lord Almighty is mustering an army for war." Brothers, there is more than this "accountability." His Loyal Marksman,

Andrew D. Chamberlin